WATERSHED (Emily Saliers) ------------------------- [Emily fingerpicks most of the song except for the bridge and possibly the last chorus; her guitar has the low E tuned down to D. Amy strums all the chords, and I don't know if her guitar has the low E tuned down.] [Do NOT rely on the chord names in the verse and chorus; refer to the tabla- ture for fingerings. The strummed chords in the bridge are: Bm7(4)=x20230; E7=x20130; C(9)=x32033; G=x20033; A7=x02020; A7sus4=x02030.] [As written, each chord is half a measure, except pairs of chords joined by hyphens are a half-measure _total_.] in[DEm7/B tro] D DEm7/B Em7/B D Em7/B Thought I knew my mind like the back of my hand The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned D D/C# Em7/B Em7/B C EmA/B The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 G G/F# They say only milk and honey's gonna make your soul satisfied E E GmGmaj7 Well I better learn how to swim Bb C D A7sus4 'Cause the crossing is chilly and wide Twisted guardrail on the highway, broken glass on the cement The ghost of someone's tragedy, how recklessly my time has been spent They say that it's never too late, you don't get any younger Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness Bb C D A13sus And feed the hunger D D C/D C/D G G/F# Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road A7 A#dim7 Bm Bm/A You can stand there and agonize Gmaj7 E7/G# A7 A13 A7no3 A7no3 Till your agony's your heaviest load D D C/D C/D G G/F# You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile E E Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Bb6 Bbmaj7 When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is D A7sus worth your while And there's always retrospect to light a clearer path Every five years/days or so I look back on my life and I have a good laugh You start at the top, go full circle round, catch a breeze, take a spill But ending up where I started again makes me wanna stand still Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is D D worth your while Bm7(4) Bm7(4) EE7 Stepping on a crack C(9) C(9) G G Breaking up and looking back Bm7 Bm7 E7 E7 Every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait stop C(9) C(9) G A7 A7sus4 A7 Till every step you take becomes a twist of fate Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your while Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize, till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile When you're learning to face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your while rep[D/Em7/B Em7/B eat and fade, same as intro] TAB: = is a hammer-on; ~ is a bend. INTRO (and outro): DDEm7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2---------------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0---------| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-----------| A ----------------0=4-------------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0---------------0-------|----------------------------3~--| DDEm7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| Thought I knew my VERSE: DDEm7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| mind like the back of my DDEm7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| hand The gold and the DDEm7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------3---------------3-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A ----------------0=4-----4-------|0=2-----2-------0=2-----2-------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| rain - bow, but nothing panned out as I'd CEA7/B E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------1---------------3-----|--2-------2---------------2-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------2-------2-------2-------2-| D ----2-------2-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A 3-------3-------2-------2-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| D --------------------------------|--------------------------------| planned They say only DDDD7sus4 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|[These can B ----------7-----7=8-------8-----|7---------7-----7=8-------8-----| also be G ------5---------------5---------|------5---------------5---------| played D ----7-------7-------7-------7---|----7-------7-------7-------7---| xx0212 & A 5-------5-------5-------5-------|5-------5-------5-------5-------| xx0213!] D --------------------------------|--------------------------------| milk and honey's gonna make your soul satis - GGEF# E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------0-------0-------0-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------1-------1-------1---------| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| -fied Well I better learn how to GBCj7 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------3-------5-------5-----| G ------0-------0-------0---------|------3-------3-------5-------5-| D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|----3-------3-------5-------5---| A --------------------------------|1-------1-------3-------3-------| D 5-------5-------5-------5-------|--------------------------------| swim 'cause the crossing is chilly and wide DAA7us4 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-----------3---------|----------3-----2---------------| G ------2-------020-----------0---|------0---------0---------------| D ----0-------0-------4-----4-----|----2-------2---2---------------| A --------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------| D 0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------| (...wide) [First verse is the same, but ends with A7sus A13sus A7sus A13sus, strummed: x02033 x02032 x02030 x02032] CHORUS: DC/D E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|0=1-------1-------1-------1-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| ...watershed, standing at the fork in the GGAA#dim7 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------2---------------2-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A --------------------------------|0-------0-------1-------1-------| D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|--------------------------------| road You can stand there and BBGE7/G# E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|----------0---------------0-----| G ------4-------4-------4-------4-|------0-------0-------7-------7-| D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|----4-------4-------6-------6---| A 2-------2-------0-------0-------|--------------------------------| D --------------------------------|5-------5-------6-------6-------| agonize till your agony's your heav - iest A7 A13 A7no3 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B --2-------2-------3-------3-----|--5-------5-------5-------5-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----2-------2-------4-------4---|----5-------5-------5-------5---| A 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| D --------------------------------|--------------------------------| load You'll never fly as the DC/D E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-------3-------3-----(0)1-------1-------1-------1-----| G ------2-------2-------2-------2-|------0-------0-------0-------0-| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 0-------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| crow flies, get used to a country mile GGEF# E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3---------------3-----|----------0-------0-------0-----| G ------0-------0-------0-------0-|------1-------1-------1---------| D ----0-------0-------0-------0---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 5-------5-------4-------4-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| (...mile) When you're learning to GBBbmaj7 E --------------------------------|----------3-----5---------5-----| B ----------3-------3-------3-----|------3---------------3---------| G ------0-------0-------0---------|----3-------3-------3-------3---| D ----4-------4-------4-------4---|3-------3-------3-------3-------| A --------------------------------|--------------------------------| D 5-------5-------5-------5-------|--------------------------------| face the path at your pace, every choice is worth your DAA7us4 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------| B ----------3-----------3---------|----------3-----2---------------| G ------2---------020---------0---|------0---------0---------------| D ----0-------0-------4-----4-----|----2-------2---2---------------| A --------------------------------|0-------0-------0---------------| D 0-------0---------------0-------|--------------------------------| while And there's always... - 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